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Josef Skupa

Czechoslovak puppeteer

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association with Trnka

In Jiří Trnka
…organized by the Czech puppeteer Josef Skupa in 1921. He worked with Skupa at his studios for more than 10 years, but his own efforts to start a puppet theatre failed. By 1935 he was designing for the stage and illustrating children’s books. Between 1938 and 1945 he primarily worked…
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contribution to marionette theatre

In puppetry: Styles of puppet theatre
…with a fine puppet tradition—Josef Skupa’s marionette theatre presented musical turns interspersed with witty satiric sketches introducing the two characters who gave their names to the theatre: Hurvínek, a precocious boy, and Špejbl, his slow-witted father. In France the prominent artists who designed for Les Comédiens de Bois included…
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